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Fine dining on Uncle Sam~
In the mail today I received my Income Tax refund check. Hooray! “But Mark, what does that have to do with food?” This blog, for as much as it is about food, and Italian food at that, is also about the experience of food. I didn’t write my book or develop my APP only to bring you recipes. I wanted …
Cooking in San Fran’s historic North Beach~
Gianni shooting his segment My recent PR trip to San Francisco was really wonderful because I had a chance to meet and cook with some very fun people. And here is a prime example of it. I was asked by John Mola of Gianni’s North Beach webisode fame to come and cook with him. I took him up on his …
I’m proud to bring this to you, forgive my self-indulgence ~
BEYOND THE PASTA™ iPHONE AND iPAD APP Family-style Italian Cooking. The real deal. Featured as New & Noteworthy on iTunes! SAN FRANCISCO (April 19, 2011) – Want to eat like you’re sitting in the midst of a bustling Italian kitchen without having to find your passport or buy a plane ticket? No worries! Author Mark Leslie carries the excitement from …
Cavallo or Cavolo?
Where am I? Day 3 and 4 Today has been a busy day. I feel like I am in Italy and living with the family all over again … only because I spend my days busy, my nights at dinner and then I get back to my hotel room (late), only to then have to type a post before I …
The Bay Area ~ Day 2
It all started with Bruschetta Is TV glamorous? You tell me – waking up at 4:45 a.m. to jump in the car at 5:30 to drive over an hour 10 to arrive at a furniture store for a cooking segment interview – thrilled yet? Actually I thought it was great fun. There is something exhilarating about live TV, plus when …
“Napa” ~ ‘nuf said.
Peel me a grape ~ in November, but not now. Friday has been a whirlwind of a day…which really never stopped from last night, Thursday. For the next 10 days I am going to be all over the San Francisco area, as far north as Napa and Sacramento, publicizing my book Beyond the Pasta: Recipes, Language & Life with an …
Get out the grill~
Or let’s grill in! It’s that time of year when half the country is still in the grasp of Old Man Winter while the other half is enjoying the budding, flowering show of Spring. Here is Alabama we have already been grilling and dining al fresco. I realize that it is a little early for grilling up north, but here …
Eccomi~
Here I am~ In case anyone is thinking that I have fallen off of the planet by not doing a post in a while ~ well, I haven’t. I have been busy developing a “Beyond the Pasta” app for the iPhone and iPad, which means that I have been cooking, taking photos and making videos. Needless-to-say, the fridge is FULL …
1 Tomato, 2 Tomato, 3 Tomato, 4 ~
Tomato 101 Here is a little “Tomato 101″ video class on tomatoes ~ specifically, canned San Marzano tomatoes, strained tomatoes (featuring the Pomi brand, my favorite), and tomato paste. Why a video on these? Well, the recipes in my book Beyond the Pasta and on this blog use some of these tomato products and people have been asking me to …
Ah, to love~
~ The Love Apple ~ (Heirloom Tomato, Onion, Basil and Mint Tart Recipe) When the tomato was first introduced to Italy from South America – yes, the tomato is not indigenous to Italy – it was thought to be poisonous. Its odd, sometimes ugly shape and varying color really made people nervous. Eventually, as it caught on and became more …
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